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22 Cards in this Set
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Benevolent |
- adj. generous in providing aid to others; intending or showing kindness; generous in assistance to the poor; showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity |
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Fervent |
- adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion |
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Deficient |
- adj. inadequate in amount or degree; falling short of some prescribed norm; of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement |
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Consternation |
- noun fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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Intolerable |
- adj. incapable of being put up with |
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Deference |
- noun a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; courteous regard for people's feelings; a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
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Summarily |
- adv. without delay; in a summary manner |
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Apprise |
- verb increase the value of; gain in value; make aware of;inform (somebody) of something |
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Ineffable |
- adj. too sacred to be uttered; defying expression or description |
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Dictum |
- noun an authoritative declaration; an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding |
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Consecrate |
- adj. solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; verb render holy by means of religious rites; dedicate to a deity by a vow; give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;appoint to a clerical posts |
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Hallow |
- verb render holy by means of religious rites |
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Garrulous |
- adj. full of trivial conversation |
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Conjecture |
- noun reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence; a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
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Monotonous |
- adj. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety;sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch |
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Interminable |
- adj. tiresomely long; seemingly without end |
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Transient |
- adj. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind;lasting a very short time; noun (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load;one who stays for only a short time |
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Eminence |
- noun high status importance owing to marked superiority; a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament |
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Conjectural |
- adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence |
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Appendage |
- noun a part that is joined to something larger; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; an external body part that projects from the body |
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Conflagration |
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire |
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Peremptorily |
- adv. in an imperative and commanding manner |
